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Major in Global Business and Economics (B.S.)

Students majoring in global business and economics take a minimum of 22 courses (69 credits).

Business core requirements:

  • Financial Accounting
  • Managerial Accounting
  • Introductory Macroeconomics
  • Management and Organizational Behavior
  • Business Communication
  • Financial Management
  • Principles of Marketing
  • Ethics for Business
  • Business Law
  • Quantitative Methods for Business or Applied Calculus I
  • Statistical Methods
  • Strategic Business Planning

Other required courses:

  • Introductory Microeconomics
  • Political Economy of Industrialized Societies
  • Economics of Regional/Global Organizations
  • Comparative Economic and Political Systems
  • International Trade and Global Organizations
  • Environmental Management-Quality Systems
  • Economic Ideas in Historical Perspective
  • Microsoft Office Certification or IC3 Certification

Students choose two courses from the following, or from special topics courses approved by the department chair:

  • Cross Cultural Psychology
  • Japan and the Pacific Rim
  • China and the Pacific Rim
  • Contemporary Latin America
  • Contemporary Middle East
  • Contemporary Africa
  • Contemporary East Asia

Minor in Global Business and Economics

The minor in global business and economics is designed for students who wish to build on the opportunities provided by their study of foreign languages or study abroad experiences at international universities. Students completing the minor must successfully complete a minimum of one additional foreign language course beyond the two-course University language requirement, or a study abroad experience in a program approved by the Office of International Programs.

Students completing a minor in global business and economics take a minimum of seven courses (21 credits).

Required courses:

  • Introductory Macroeconomics
  • Introductory Microeconomics
  • Comparative Economic and Political Systems
  • Management and Organizational Behavior
  • Principles of Marketing

Students choose two courses from the following, or from special topics courses approved by the department chair:

  • Cross Cultural Psychology
  • Japan and the Pacific Rim
  • China and the Pacific Rim
  • Contemporary Latin America
  • Contemporary Middle East
  • Contemporary Africa
  • Contemporary East Asia